Inside Palm Beach's Newest Rooftop Restaurant

If you are driving onto Palm Beach island, you can't miss the new RH (Restoration Hardware) store. Located on a median in the middle of Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm, it spans four levels and is nearly 80,000 square feet.

RH West Palm.

Courtesy of RH

For those driving off the island, it's even more impossible to turn away from, as its eastern façade features a bold 70-foot-tall by 140-foot-wide mural installation by contemporary artist RETNA.

The RETNA mural installation at RH West Palm.

Courtesy of RH

We want to bring back the spirit of great gathering spaces.

However, the real gem of RH's new retail concept—what the company is calling a "gallery" because you can't walk out the door with product, everything is drop ship—is on the roof.

The rooftop restaurant at RH West Palm.

Courtesy of RH

Sitting on level four at the end of the store's grand staircase, is a surprisingly delicious and chic restaurant.

RH Rooftop’s Barista Bar where you can order wine and coffee to drink around the store.

Courtesy of RH

Overlooking downtown West Palm Beach, the seasonal menu is created by Sodikoff, the founder of Chicago-based restaurant group Hogsalt Hospitality (which includes Au Cheval, Bavette’s, Doughnut Vault, and Gilt Bar in Chicago, as well as his first restaurant in New York—4 Charles Prime Rib, an intimate supper club in the West Village).

Inside the wine vault at RH Rooftop.

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Chicagoans are already familiar with eating inside an RH—no reservations and expect large lines for brunch. But waiting for your table, is half the experience because, wait for it... you can grab a glass of rosé, a bellini, an espresso or pastry at the Pantry & Barista Bar and explore the other floors until your table is ready.

Surrounding the building are 10,000 feet of gardens where exotic tropicals and towering medjool date palms grow amongst outdoor furnishings.

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That means lounging on RH's famously comfy Cloud sofa that's stuffed with 8.2 pounds of goose feather in each cushion. And yes, customers have accidentally fallen asleep on them in store!

The shaved vegetable salad at RH Rooftop.

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When I was there this month for lunch, I snagged a velvet upholstered banquette and carrera marble-topped bistro table (off the menu, but both for sale) adjacent to the restaurant's wine vault with views of the roof's courtyard fountain. Surrounded by trellis growing with Asiatic jasmine and 16-foot-tall birds of paradise, I ordered myself an iced coffee, arugula salad, and lobster roll and honestly forgot I was inside a furniture store.

The lobster roll at RH Rooftop.

Courtesy of RH

For those moments during lunch, I soaked up the Floridian sun coming in through the glass atrium and imagined I was dining at a 5 star resort. Creating an immersive environment all while subconsciously selling you their product is precisely the company's goal with their new RH West Palm gallery. CEO Gary Friedman wants you to feel so comfortable you don't want to leave.

"Humanity has been left behind in the physical retail world," says Friedman. "We want to bring back the spirit of great gathering spaces."

Sarah BrayContributorSarah Bray was a style writer for Town & Country.

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